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winnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.
intrans.
to labour, toil, work
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  • Swá ic þrymful þeów winne,

    • Exon. Th. 386, 26
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 67.

  • In ídelnisse winnaþ ða timbriaþ ða

    in vanum laborant qui aedificant eam

    ,
    • Ps. Surt. 126, 1.

  • Hé mid his handum wonn and worhte ða ðing ðe nýdþearflícu wǽron

    operi manuum studium impendebat,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 567, 30.

  • Hé won and worhte, wíngeard sette,

    • Cd. Th. 94, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1558.

  • Ðerh alle næht wé wunnon

    per totam noctem laborantes

    ,
    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 5
      • .

  • Ðú sylest úrum leomum ræste, for ðon ðe hié on ðínum noman wunnon,

    • Blickl. Homl. 141, 12.

  • Ðeáh ðe hé wunne on his láre

    quamvis illo laborante in verbo

    ,
    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 511, 9.

  • Ðú winnan scealt, and on eorðan ðé ðíne andlifne selfa gerǽcan,

    • Cd. Th. 57, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 932.

  • Winnende

    vel swǽtende desudans, i. laborans

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 36
      • .

  • Ic geseah winnende wiht,

    • Exon. Th. 438, 3
      • ;
    • Rä. 57, 2
    .
to labour, endeavour, strive after
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  • Ǽlc winð be his andgites mǽþe, ðæt hé hine wolde ongitan gif hé mihte,

      Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 25.

  • Á ðú wunne æfter eorðlícum welum,

    • Wulfst. 140, 24
      • .

  • Nó won hé æfter worulde, ac hé in wuldre áhóf módes wynne,

    • Exon. Th. 126, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 370
      • .

  • Ðá wann (laboravit) hé swýþe, ðæt hé his geféran geheólde, ðæt hí ne ásprungan fram heora geleáfan,

    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 511, 5
      • .

  • Hí wunnon æfter wyrþscipe, and tiledon gódes hlísan,

    • Bt. 40, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 240, 4
      • .

  • Ðæt hé wunne æfter worulde,

    • Exon. Th. 109, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 100
      • .

  • Winnan æfter snytro,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 778
      • ;
    • Sal. 388
      • .
to labour, struggle, be troubled
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  • Moncyn winþ on ðam ýðum ðisse worulde

    homines quatimur fortunae salo,

    • Bt. 4
      • ;
    • Fox 8, 22
      • .

  • For hwam winneþ ðis wæter... ne mót on dæg restan?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 785
      • ;
    • Sal. 392
      • .

  • Gé winnaþ and á embe ðæt sorgiaþ, ðæt wé úrne líchoman gefyllan... Ús is myccle máre nédþearf, ðæt wé winnon ymbe úre sáule þearfe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 6-11
      • .

  • Ealle gé ðe winnaþ (laboratis), and gebyrde sindun,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 28
      • .

  • On worulde ýþum wynnaþ and swincaþ earme eorðwaran (v. Fox 8, 22 supra),

    • Met. 4, 56
      • .

  • Ic wérigmód wann and cleopode

    laboravi clamans

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 68, 3
      • .

  • Ðú in wræc wunne, wuldres blunne,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2759
      • ;
    • An. 1382
      • .

  • Sió his innaþ wan wætere gelíc,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 18
      • .

  • Hé sceal winnan and sorgian,

    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 25
      • .

  • Hé wolde ðǽm winnendum fultmian, and earme fréfran,

    • 213, 17
      • .

  • Ðám winnendum bróþrum on sǽ

    laborantibus in mari fratribus,

    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 613, 7
    .
to labour under, suffer from
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  • Heó ðære ylcan hefignesse ádle unáblinnendlíce won

    eadem molestia laborare non cessabat

    ,
    • Bd. 4, 23.
      • ;
    • S. 595, 18.

  • Horsum and ǽlcum fiþerfétum neáte ðe on wóle winnen (cf. wóles gewinn, 330, 4),

    • Lchdm. i. 328, 13
      • .

  • Longsumum ermðum winnende

    diuturnis calamitatibus laborantem

    ,
    • Rtl. 41, 29
      • .
to strive, contend, fight
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  • Ic wan

    pugnavi

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 29
      • .

  • Winnende

    congrediens, certando,

    • 133, 43
      • .

  • Winn for sáwle ðíne ... winn for rihtwísnysse

    agonizare pro anima tua ... certa pro justitia,

    • Scint. 73, 14, 15
      • .
of hostile action towards a person
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  • Gif Satanas winð ongén hine sylfne

    si Satanas consurrexit in semetipsum

    ,
    • Mk. Skt. 3, 26
      • .

  • Se fæder winð wið his ágenne sunu,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 13, 296
      • .

  • Hú ða synna him wið winnaþ,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 163, 2
      • .

  • Gé wunnon ongeán Drihten

    adversum Dominum contendisti

    ,
    • Deut. 9, 7
      • .

  • Ne wynne gé ongén ða ðe eów yfel dóð

    non resistere malo

    ,
    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 39
      • .

  • Heó (Hagar) ongan wið Sarran winnan,

    • Cd. Th. 135, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 2241
      • .
of competition
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  • Eart ðú se Beówulf, se ðe wið Brecan wunne, ymb sund flite,

    • Beo. Th. 1017
      • ;
    • B. 506
    .
of opposition to things
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  • Ðú winsð wiþ ðam hláfordscipe ðe ðú self gecure,

    • Bt. 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 18, 29
      • .

  • Is micel ðearf, ðonne him mon hwæðer ondrǽtt suíðar ðonne óðer, and wið ðæt wienð (winð,

    • Cott. MSS.
    ), ðæt hé suá suíðe wið ðæt winne, suá hé on ðæt óðer ne befealle, ðe hé him læs ondréd

    ne dum pugnat contra hoc, quod tolerat, ei a quo se liberum aestimat, vitio succumbat

    ,
    • Past. 27
      • ;
    • Swt. 189, 10 : 46
      • ;
    • Swt. 347, 12
      • .

  • Gif hé winð mid gebedum ongeán,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 16
      • .

  • Hí winnaþ him (vices) tógeánes,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 17, 63
      • .

  • Monige láreówas winnaþ mid hira ðeáwum wið ða gǽsðlecu bebodu,

    • Past. 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 29, 21
      • .

  • Hé wearð áhangen on róde ..., and hé ongeán nán ðyngc ne wan

    (he made no resistance to being crucified

    ),
    • L. Ælfc. P. 51
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 386, 37
      • .

  • Wé wið ðam winde and wiþ ðam sǽ campodan and wunnan

    cum vento pelagoque certantes

    ,
    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 613, 28
      • .

  • Winn ongén

    resist (temptation)

    ,
    • Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 137
      • .

  • Ðæt gehwá winne wið his líchaman unrihtlustas

    ut quisquis cum corporis sui pravis cupiditatibus certet

    ,
    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 63
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 224, 4: Bt. 36, 6
      • ; Fox 182, 5.

  • Ðæt hé for lícuman tiédernesse wið ða scíre ne winne

    nec per imbecillitatem corpus repugnat

    ,
    • Past. 10
      • ; Swt. 61, 11.

  • Nis nán gesceaft ðe wiþ hire Scippendes willan winne, búton dysig mon,

    • Bt. 35, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 160, 22
      • .

  • Hé ðam unþeáwum nyle furþum wiþ winnan,

    • 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 30: Met. 25, 67
      • .
of the action of inanimate objects
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  • Fámig winneþ wǽg wið wealle,

    • Exon. Th. 383, 32
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 19
      • .

  • Ǽlc his gesceafta winþ wiþ óþer. . . ge hié betwux him winnaþ, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 10-15 : Met. 11, 45: 20, 74
      • .

  • Seó tunglena heofon tyrnð eásten westweard, and hire winnaþ ongeán ða seofon dweligendan tunglan,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 29
      • .

  • Holm won wið winde,

    • Beo. Th. 2268
      • ;
    • B. 1132
      • .

  • Oft ic (an anchor) sceal wiþ wǽge winnan, and wiþ winde feohtan,

    • Exon. Th. 398, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 17, 1
      • .
to make war(lit. or fig.), fight
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  • Mec gesette Crist tó compe ... Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on,

    • Exon. Th. 389, 14
      • ;
    • Rä 7, 7
      • .

  • Ǽlc ðæra ðe on gecampe winð,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 86, 22
      • .

  • Ðeód winð ongén þeóde

    consurget gens in gentem

    ,
    • Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7
      • .

  • Wé winnaþ for hǽlo úre ðeóde

    pro salute gentis nostrae bella suscepimus

    ,
    • Bd. 3, 2
      • ;
    • S. 524, 24
      • .

  • Se líchama and seó sáwl winnaþ him betweónan,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 17, 8
      • .

  • Wildu diór ða winnaþ betwuh,

    • Met. 27, 20
      • .

  • Hine monige on wráðe winnaþ mid wǽpenþræce,

    • Cd. Th. 138,11
      • ;
    • Gen. 2290
      • .

  • Ðú wealdest ðises ríces ðe ðú æfter wunne,

    • Guthl. 21
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 96, 7
      • .

  • Ðú wið Criste wunne and gewin tuge,

    • Exon. Th. 267, 26
      • ;
    • Jul. 421
      • .

  • Hé wann mid ðam (a sword) on ǽlcum gefeohte,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 296
      • .

  • Ðá wan him on Amalech,

    • i. 13, 4.

  • Hé wonn on Sciþþie

    regi Scytharum bellum intulit

    ,
    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 78, 8
      • .

  • Fæht hine on and won Penda

    impugnatus a Penda

    ,
    • Bd. 3, 14
      • ;
    • S. 539, 18
      • .

  • Ðá wann him ongeán Maxentius,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 304, 5
      • .

  • Hé gelómlíce uppon ðone eorl wann,

    • Chr. 1095
      • ;
    • Erl. 231, 10
      • .

  • Ðá won wiþ hine Cadwalla

    rebellavit adversus eum Caedualla

    ,
    • Bd. 2, 20
      • ;
    • S. 521, 7
      • .

  • Hé feaht and won wiþ his éþle,

    • 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 556, 28 : Chr. 597
      • ;
    • Erl. 20, 4
      • .

  • Grendel wan wið Hróðgár,

    • Beo. Th. 305 ; B. 151.

  • Hí wunnon him betwýnan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 356, 24
      • .

  • Wunnon hý wið Dryhtnes mihtum,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 655
      • ;
    • Sal. 327
      • .

  • Ða Bryttas wunnon heom wið ða castelmenn,

    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • Erl. 204, 5
      • .

  • Win him on swýðe,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 13, 8
      • .

  • Seó ǽ ðe ðú under hire tǽcinge winnan wylt and campian

    lex sub qua militare uis

    ,
    • R. Ben. 96, 23
      • .

  • Æfter ríce winnan,

    • Chr. 685
      • ;
    • Erl. 40, 16
      • .

  • On winnan

    ingruere

    ,
    • Hpt. Gl. 427, 42 : Bd. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 480, 23
      • .

  • Ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal,

    • Past. 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 129, 9
      • .

  • Ðæt hí uppon hǽðene þeódan winnan woldan,

    • Chr. 1096
      • ;
    • Erl. 233, 14
      • .

  • On gehwelc lond tó winnanne,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 116, 8
      • .

  • Hé him on winnende wæs,

    • 1, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 5
      • .

  • Worhte Ælfréd cyning lytle werede geweorc æt Æþelinga eigge, and of ðam geweorce wæs winnende wiþ ðone here,

    • Chr. 878
      • ;
    • Erl. 80, 6
    .
of the action of inanimate objects
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  • Se winterlíca wind wan mid ðam forste

    the winter wind warred along with the frost

    ,
    • Homl. Skt. i. 11, 144
      • .
with cognate accusative
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  • For ðæm gewinne ðe hé wiþ God wan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 63, 4
    .

  • Winn gód gewinn

    certa bonum certamen

    ,
    • Scint. 214, 16
      • .
to win(v. Jamieson's Dictionary), make one's way
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  • Hwæt is ðæt wundor, ðæt geond ðás woruld fareþ... , winneþ oft hider ?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 568
      • ;
    • Sal. 283
    .
trans.
to labour at, bestow labour upon
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  • Ic wann wununise mín

    laboravi habitationem meam

    ,
    • Rtl. 68, 28
      • .

  • Ic sende iúh gehrioppa ðætte gié ne wunnon

    ego misi uos metere quod uos non laborastis

    ,
    • Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 38
      • .
to labour under, suffer, undergo
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  • Ic ðæt geþolade ... læg on heardum stáne ... ic ðæt earfeþe wonn,

    • Exon. Th. 87, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 1428
      • .

  • Á ic wíte wonn mínra wræcsíþa,

    • 441, 26
      • ;
    • Kl. 5
      • .

  • Ic á þolade geára gehwylce gódes ealles, won ic módearfoþa (þonc mód earfoþa, Th.) máðonne on óþrum, fyrhto in folce,

    • 457, 19
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 86
    .

  • Mid ðý ðá se bróþor langre tíde ðyllíc ungescrǽpo wonn (woon, MS.)

    cumque tempore non pauco frater tali incommodo laboraret,

    • Bd. 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 611, 22
      • .

  • Ðú ðæs cwealmes scealt wíte winnan and on wræc hweorfan,

    • Cd. Th. 62, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 1014
      • .

  • Hí áwo sculon, wræc winnende, wærgðu dreógan,

    • Exon. Th. 78, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 1272
      • .
to win, get, attain
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  • Ðú wunne reste á óþ ende mid hálgum fǽmnum,

    • Nar. 49, 1
      • .

  • Hí wéndon ðæt hí sceoldon winnon eall ðæt land,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 207, 27
      • .
Etymology
[
Ierusalem and Babilonie fliteð eure and winneð bitwinen hem ... þe king of Babilonie wan Ierusalem, O. E. Homl. ii. 51, 11-25
.
Iob wan wið þe wurse, 187, 26
.
Heo wunnen agean, A. R. 238, 17
.
Ðanne sumer and winter winnen, Misc. 17, 521
.
He iwon (won, 2nd MS.) al þis lond, Laym. 2560
.
Winnenn heoffness kinedom, Orm. 801
.
He wan to William, Will. 2498
.
Goth. winnan παθεῖν
:
O. Sax. winnan to strive; to suffer; to gain
:
O. Frs. winna to gain
:
O. H. Ger. winnan laborare; jurgare, decertare, dimicare
:
Icel. vinna to work; to withstand; to suffer; to win.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, ofer-, wiþer-winnan; on-winnende.
Linked entries
v.  on-winnende.
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “winnan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35918.

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